Washtenaw County, Michigan

Founding: 1826 (declared in 1822)
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: An Ojibwe word referencing the Grand River
Seat: Ann Arbor (1827–)

Land area: 706 square miles

Population (2020): 372,258

Population (historic): 4,042 (1830); 28,567 (1850); 41,434 (1870); 47,761 (1900); 65,530 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: Six cities; two villages; one CDP; 20 townships

National Register listings: 82

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17,804 (11.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 22.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,928
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,718

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,550
Average farm size (1920): 89.8 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Ireland, Canada, and England

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Ann Arbor

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps a poetic allusion to the area's forests

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1833 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 123,851

Population (historic): 5,097 (1860); 8,061 (1880); 14,509 (1900); 26,944 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,080 (16%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Orrin White House (1836–1840). 2940 Fuller Road. Ann Arbor.
2. *William Parker House (c. 1880). 4540 Geddes Road. Ann Arbor. Italianate.
3. *Roswell Belding Farm (c. 1845). 13595 Clinton Road. Bridgewater. Greek Revival.
4. *Amos Gray Farm (1834). 8540 Island Lake Road. Dexter. Greek Revival.
5. *William Stevenson House (c. 1870). 14215 Riker Road. Dexter. Italianate.
6. *Henry Watson House (1883). 7215 Ann Arbor–Saline Road. Lodi. Eastlake.
7. *Giles Waters House (c. 1875). 3036 South Zeeb Road. Lori. Italianate.
8. *John Moore House (c. 1845). 20624 Waterloo Road. Lyndon. Greek Revival.
9. *Lyman Baldwin Farm (c. 1870). 10350 Sharon Hollow Road. Manchester. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
10. *Thomas Clark House (c. 1875). 13860 Sheridan Road. Manchester. Italianate.
11. *Joshua Leland House (c. 1850). 3850 North Territorial Road. Northfield. Greek Revival.
12. *St. Patrick Catholic Church (1878). 5671 Whitmore Lake Road. Northfield. Gothic Revival.
13. *St. Patrick Rectory (1917). 5671 Whitmore Lake Road. Northfield. Renaissance Revival.
14. *Charles Schlimmer Farm (c. 1860). 7285 Whitmore Lake Road. Northfield. Greek Revival/Italianate.
15. *John Ellsworth House (c. 1890). 5515 Crane Road. Pittsfield. Queen Anne.
16. *George Sperry House (c. 1860). 3261 Lohr Road. Pittsfield. Gothic Revival.
17. *Philip Lohr House (c. 1860). 4456 Lohr Road. Pittsfield. Italianate.
18. *William Anderson House (1853). 2401 Packard Road. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
19. *Benajah Ticknor House (1844). 2781 Packard Road. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
20. *Langford Sutherland Farm (c. 1850). 797 West Textile Road. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
21. *Arba Hurd House (c. 1850). 1880 West Textile Road. Pittsfield. Greek Revival.
22. *Salem Methodist Church (1864). 7150 Angle Road. Salem. Greek Revival.
23. *Asahel Carey House (c. 1875). 9237 Brookville Road. Salem. Italianate.
24. *George Renwick House (c. 1870). 6340 Curtis Road. Salem. Italianate.
25. *Sylvester Sober House (c. 1885). 7533 Five Mile Road. Salem. Stick.
26. *Albert Walker House (c. 1865). 7420 Six Mile Road. Salem. Italianate.
27. *David Wadsworth House (c. 1850). 12118 Case Road. Saline. Greek Revival.
28. *Rufus Knight House (c. 1845). 4944 Scio Church Road. Scio.
29. *Salem Lutheran Church (1870). 7474 Scio Church Road. Scio. Gothic Revival.
30. *Charles Hutzel Farm (1874). 7570 Scio Church Road. Scio. Italianate.
31. *Squire Porter Farm (1842). 3427 Jacobs Road. Sharon. Greek Revival. Razed.
32. *John Rooke House (c. 1875). 3385 Gotfredson Road. Superior. Italianate.
33. *Aaron Douglass House (c. 1857). 6595 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Greek Revival.
34. *Philo Galpin Farm (c. 1840/1875). 6820 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Federal/Italianate.
35. *Frain's Lake School (1872). 7500 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior.
36. *Milton Geer Farm (1884). 8605 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Italianate.
37. *Esek Pray House (1839). 8755 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Greek Revival.
38. *Geer School (1880). 9981 Plymouth–Ann Arbor Road. Superior. Italianate.
39. *William Davis Farm (c. 1875). 2650 Chelsea–Manchester Road. Sylvan. Italianate.
40. *Gordon Hall / Samuel Dexter House (1844). 8347 Island Lake Road. Webster. Greek Revival.
41. *Robert Snyder House (c. 1870). 3060 Jennings Road. Webster. Italianate.
42. *Patrick Kearney Farm (c. 1860). 6500 Jennings Road. Webster. Greek Revival.
43. *Brookwater / Edward Boyden Farm (c. 1860). 3300 Joy Road. Webster. Italianate.
44. *Hiram Mason Farm (c. 1845). 9745 Scully Road. Webster. Greek Revival.
45. *Evan Begole Farm (c. 1870). 2324 West Michigan Avenue. Ypsilanti. Italianate.